Karl Malone put up the most points per game by a forward in 1997-98, with 27.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

forwards with most ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games 1998

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	27.0	1997-98	UTA	81	37.4	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	9.6	18.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.1	59.7	2.3	8.0	3.0	3,030	2,190	834	316	96	70	247	237	+584
2	Antoine Walker A. Walker	22.4	1997-98	BOS	82	39.9	10.2	3.3	1.7	0.7	8.8	20.8	42.3	1.1	3.6	31.2	3.7	5.8	64.5	48.1	3.3	6.9	3.6	3,268	1,840	836	273	142	60	292	262	-267
3	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	22.3	1997-98	VAN	82	36.0	7.1	2.6	1.1	0.9	8.0	16.4	48.5	0.3	0.6	41.2	6.1	7.8	78.4	56.2	2.8	4.3	3.1	2,950	1,829	581	213	89	76	257	201	-433
4	Glen Rice G. Rice	22.3	1997-98	CHA	82	40.2	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	7.7	16.9	45.7	1.6	3.7	43.3	5.2	6.1	84.9	56.8	1.1	3.2	2.2	3,295	1,826	353	182	77	22	182	200	+169
5	Michael Finley M. Finley	21.5	1997-98	DAL	82	41.4	5.3	4.9	1.6	0.4	8.2	18.4	44.9	1.1	3.0	35.7	4.0	5.1	78.4	52.2	1.8	3.5	2.7	3,394	1,763	438	405	132	30	219	163	-410
6	Grant Hill G. Hill	21.1	1997-98	DET	81	40.7	7.7	6.8	1.8	0.7	7.6	16.8	45.2	0.0	0.3	14.3	5.9	8.0	74.0	52.0	1.1	6.5	3.5	3,294	1,712	623	551	143	53	285	196	+214
7	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	21.1	1997-98	SAS	82	39.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	1,731	977	224	55	206	279	254	+429
8	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	19.7	1997-98	NJN	62	37.5	6.6	1.7	1.0	0.4	7.2	16.9	42.6	1.1	3.6	30.8	4.2	4.9	84.6	51.6	2.3	4.3	2.6	2,325	1,219	408	106	64	25	164	216	+145
9	Vin Baker V. Baker	19.2	1997-98	SEA	82	35.9	8.0	1.9	1.1	1.0	7.7	14.2	54.2	0.0	0.1	14.3	3.8	6.4	59.1	56.4	3.5	4.5	2.1	2,944	1,574	656	152	91	86	174	278	+412
10	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	18.5	1997-98	MIN	82	39.3	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	7.7	15.8	49.1	0.0	0.2	18.8	3.0	4.0	73.8	52.7	2.7	6.9	2.3	3,222	1,518	786	348	139	150	192	224	+152
11	Juwan Howard J. Howard	18.5	1997-98	WAS	64	40.0	7.0	3.3	1.3	0.4	7.2	15.5	46.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.6	72.1	51.5	2.5	4.5	2.9	2,559	1,184	449	208	82	23	185	225	-47
12	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	18.0	1997-98	CLE	80	34.6	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	6.5	14.6	44.5	0.0	0.1	25.0	5.1	7.0	72.7	51.2	2.7	6.6	3.4	2,769	1,442	745	197	108	90	271	310	+255
13	Corliss Williamson C. Williamson	17.7	1997-98	SAC	79	35.7	5.6	2.9	1.0	0.6	7.1	14.4	49.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.5	5.6	63.0	52.7	2.1	3.6	2.5	2,819	1,401	446	230	76	48	199	252	-276
14	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	17.6	1997-98	PHI	59	36.2	9.9	2.5	0.8	1.2	6.0	14.7	41.1	0.4	1.7	26.5	5.1	6.6	77.2	50.0	2.5	7.4	2.7	2,135	1,040	587	145	46	68	157	144	-58
15	Kevin Willis K. Willis	16.1	1997-98	HOU	81	31.2	8.4	1.0	0.7	0.5	6.6	12.9	51.0	0.0	0.1	14.3	3.0	3.8	79.3	55.5	2.9	5.5	2.1	2,528	1,305	679	78	55	38	170	235	-76
16	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	15.8	1997-98	SEA	78	35.2	7.1	4.4	0.8	0.2	5.6	11.5	48.7	0.8	1.9	41.5	3.8	4.5	84.4	58.5	1.7	5.4	2.2	2,742	1,232	554	341	60	19	168	205	+539
17	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	15.5	1997-98	NYK	70	34.5	5.7	2.1	0.6	0.2	6.1	12.6	48.5	0.2	0.9	23.8	3.1	4.0	75.6	53.9	2.5	3.2	1.8	2,412	1,087	401	150	40	13	127	193	+83
18	Lamond Murray L. Murray	15.4	1997-98	LAC	79	32.6	6.1	1.8	1.5	0.7	6.0	12.5	48.1	0.7	1.9	35.3	2.8	3.7	74.8	54.8	2.2	3.9	2.2	2,579	1,220	484	142	118	54	171	193	-380
19	Donyell Marshall D. Marshall	15.4	1997-98	GSW	73	35.8	8.6	2.2	1.3	1.0	6.2	14.9	41.4	0.9	2.8	31.3	2.2	3.0	73.1	47.4	2.9	5.7	2.0	2,611	1,123	628	159	95	73	147	226	-465
20	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	15.2	1997-98	HOU	68	33.0	11.7	3.2	1.0	0.4	5.3	10.9	48.5	0.3	1.2	21.4	4.4	5.8	74.6	56.4	3.5	8.1	2.2	2,243	1,036	794	217	71	28	147	187	+91
21	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	15.1	1997-98	PHX	81	30.1	7.6	1.3	1.2	1.7	6.1	11.4	53.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.1	70.2	57.1	2.5	5.0	1.8	2,441	1,225	613	106	100	135	142	292	+182
22	Rodney Rogers R. Rogers	15.1	1997-98	LAC	76	32.9	5.6	2.7	1.2	0.5	5.6	12.3	45.6	0.9	2.8	34.0	3.0	4.3	68.6	53.2	2.0	3.5	2.5	2,499	1,149	424	202	93	38	193	242	-489
23	Tracy Murray T. Murray	15.1	1997-98	WAS	82	27.2	3.4	1.0	0.8	0.3	5.5	12.3	44.6	1.9	4.9	39.2	2.2	2.5	87.1	56.3	0.9	2.5	1.2	2,227	1,238	277	84	67	25	102	167	+139
24	Johnny Newman J. Newman	14.7	1997-98	DEN	74	29.4	1.9	1.9	1.0	0.3	4.6	10.8	43.1	0.5	1.4	34.3	4.9	6.0	82.0	54.7	0.7	1.2	2.0	2,176	1,089	141	138	77	24	147	208	-480
25	Joe Smith J. Smith	14.6	1997-98	TOT	79	29.7	6.0	1.2	0.8	0.6	5.9	13.5	43.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.9	3.7	77.5	48.2	2.5	3.4	2.0	2,344	1,155	471	94	62	51	158	263	-419